King Felix pre-game tomorrow
Anyone who wants to go, Jonah Keri (of Baseball Prospectus) and I (of this site and not BP) will be chilling pre-game tomorrow if you fine USSM readers want to hang out.
We’re going to meet up tomorrow about 5:20, 5:25, 5:30 at the King Street Bar and Oven. I’m pretty easy to recognize but I’ll have my Doyle jersey if you have trouble while Jonah’s the giant grinning Quebecois you want to hug. This is tomorrow.
Come by tomorrow , and if you’re a frequent reloader, buy me beer to repay all the bandwith you suck up, you greedy bums.
And if I might make a modest request, if you’re not coming tomorrow , could you perhaps skip the “I wish I could make it but I live in another state…” comments? We will be doing this again in the future, so you’ll have more chances.
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I wish I could make it but I’m a minor, and therefore I can’t go to a bar…sucky. So there, not a state comment. I’ll try to make it in a few years…haha I’ll be at the game though!
Why are we calling this the King Felix pre-game when it is showing Meche as the starter today?
Your most frequent reloader will be unable to buy you a beer.
I think it’s to make everyone aware for tomorrow.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I think it’s pretty cool that “frequent reloader” nicely combines into the word “freeloader”.
(I’m imagining a new hosting service: “Beer for Bandwidth”)
Anyway, I’ll stop by to say hi for a little while on my way to the stadium. I was planning on staking out a spot by the Mariners bullpen fairly early, though; I’m kind of assuming there’ll be large crowds for His Kingly Warmup.
Next time, I’m going to put up a “Could everyone please not send me $100″ request and get rich.
Deanna:
Is that like the levee?
Next time, I’m going to put up a “Could everyone please not send me $100″ request and get rich.
That is not quite how this things works. You see, posting is free and the opportunity to post for free with what one self-determines be a humorous posit is much simpler than even putting postage on the envelope.
However, if you ask for Christie (owner) tomorrow when you go in, she’ll be able to provide a pre-paid beverage or two or three.
Cheers
What, really?
DMZ, You and Jonah should be good. Ask for Christie (I’m guessing on spelling but I’ll go with my wife’s spelling).
Meche today, Felix tomorrow.
If you seriously asked us not to send you $100 and I had a lot of money to blow, I would send you $100.
We wouldn’t know how if we wanted to. You don’t have one of those nifty PayPal buttons.
Christie is my new best friend. Is that info pans out, Russ, you could get inducted into the USSM HoF (mind you, I have no say in this, but I’d lobby anyway).
14:
Write on an envelope
Derek Zumsteg
USS Mariner
Seattle Washington
they’d find him.
Wow. Is this some kind of reward for my frequent patronage and public endorsements of this establishment, or did you pull some wacky hijink to break into their account system and blackmail them?
I’ve got tickets, I’ll do my best to make it down for at least a little bit of this before I head to the stadium. Just depends on when I manage to get away from work.
That’s a good point, Jeff. I’m going to head down now. Can’t afford to take any chances.
I’m not in the rewards department however I do have a telephone. I called, asked about it and that is that.
16:
Doesn’t Derek live on the Eastside, though? Man, you can’t find a DAMN thing over there, what with all the cul-de-sacs.
Coltasacks (the Idaho spelling) are easier to find folks in, because the streets end.
DMZ:
You’re heading down now to get there tomorrow?
DMZ- What kind of place is this? My friend and I would be interested and are both above 21, but I’m also bringing my nephew who is 12? Is this a bar only or is it a restaurant with a bar?
23: It’s a pretty long walk from the east side to King Street, so he may be walking.
You’re heading down now to get there tomorrow?
Gotta get good spots, you know.
DMZ- What kind of place is this? My friend and I would be interested and are both above 21, but I’m also bringing my nephew who is 12? Is this a bar only or is it a restaurant with a bar?
Check out the link. I think you can get away with bringing kids in as long as you keep them in the ‘restaurant’ section, but it’d be worth calling them to clarify.
That’s pretty much what I thought after looking at the website, but I didn’t want to assume that and have him standing on the street corner. I’ll work the phones, thanks.
27: What a nice uncle! You’d leave your nephew on a street corner if he couldn’t get in!
Is this a site of post-game hijinx as well? I am coaching a LL game until about 8:30, but might be up for exchanging a later beer or two for insight into how Felix pitched (which I will have to miss, unfortunately).
Just for like an hour or so. Not that long.
Jealous, jealous.
Derek and I have had many fun pre-game meetings at King St.
jason
QUOTE: Come by tomorrow , and if you’re a frequent reloader, buy me beer to repay all the bandwith you suck up, you greedy bums.
This is enough reason on its own to come and catch a word with Zumsteg.
Great stuff.
JAC
#19, DMZ, wrote:
As I am heading to the game tonight, I’ll try to save you a spot, Derek.
I’m sorry, but I’m not going to be able to read your post next time.
Have you guys all bought tickets yet? I’d love to go, but all my friends seem to have something else going on and my wife doesn’t want to go to 2 games in a row (since we bought tickets for last night’s game a while back). If you guys all don’t have tickets yet, I’d love to meet y’all down there and watch the king baffle the Twinkies.
Well, it wouldn’t really be two games in a row, as tonight’s game is neatly sandwiched between them.
I’m sorry, but I’m not going to be able to read your post next time.
What?
Have you guys all bought tickets yet?
I have a pair for me and that crazy Canadian.
36: What I am amazed about is that he saw the game in Chicago last night, and he’s ready to go to see the game in Seattle tomorrow!
Sounds like you’re set, but (assuming you can still stand up, walk, etc.) I’ll stand a round if you need more. Might not be there til 6, though.
I have no idea where our seats are; Nancy’s the ticketmaster. I just follow her, try not to get hit by cars, fall over railings into the train tracks below, etc. But if you’re in the neighborhood, and you get thirsty, my offer’s still good even at Safeco prices. Get lit for nuthin’, dude.
I just bought a damn ticket even though I have 8,000 feet of papers piled up that I’m supposed to be dealing with. But what the heck – it somehow feels like history in the making. See you tomorrow.
(It is tomorrow, isn’t it?)
I’ll stop by with some free copies of the new Grand Salami (just out today) for the first 10 USSM people there. As if you didn’t have reason enough to show up…
TOMORROW.
jason
So … what’s the deal with Canada, anyway? Is it, like, a real country?
Sadly, it seems, I have never heard of this establishment. It a cool place to catch a game and a cold one?
Geez, 30 years in this city – you’d think I’d have a clue.
OT: Pat Borders released outright; Gene Mauch dies at age 79.
Thanks, Pat. See you next year.
Tomorrooooooww! Si, mucho. I’ll make the pub confab if I can, but the game for sure—for the first time this year. Section 328.
Summer-weather . . . For the first time this year, the Home Nine will resemble the laughing end of the dog: Doyle in LF; Yunie Bet-on-it somewhere in the middle; Yeoman Whitecastle behind the dish; El Gato on the hill with the pill; Ichi, Big Sexie, Adrian Hackre too; assorted dross . . . besibol!!!
I’m meeting up with some Batlings (from Batgirl) earlier at Pike Pub; if I can make it to King Street with stumbling too many times, I might literally drop in.
Why is everyone saying tomorrow? Surely KF is starting tonight…
Oh, and I would drop by, but I live out of state, country, continent…
Still, the cricket is good.
Because I was able to score a great deal on tickets to this game thanks to this board, I’m definitely going, and you’ll definitely see me at King Street, and if my non-cousin Steve Thornton is standing Derek to number 6, sign me up for lucky number 7.
Haven’t seen any of you since the USSM Feed back in December at that school in Redmond. Looking forward to seeing you all, and especially to sharing a beer with you.
I’ll definitely be coming to the bar gathering before the game, I’ll be able to get off work in plenty of time from the looks.
Is the food at this place good? No beer for me!
Food’s good. Their calzones in particular are really nice.
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Jeez, Corco. What the hell is that? Your lunch? Coming back up? I hope it comes off.
Maybe now would be the right time to tell you, 55, that Corco is not really a human but really a computerized personality who auto-posts. There was a brief glitch.
Whoops indeed.
If you stand back, it looks like a Smurf.
I’m actually a multimillion dollar under the table creation who is being developed in a basement of three elderly businessmen in McCall, Idaho. I search for keywords in threads and then autopost one of 200,000 canned responses. USSM was chosen as the test blog some time ago.
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Although I can’t see how it looks like a smurf.